Mysore tops Swachh Bharat rankings for 476 cities ; 4 cities from Karnataka in top 10
West Bengal does well with 25 cities in top 100 ; 39 cities from South in top 100;

12 from North
74 cities from North in bottom 100; 21 from East; 3 from West and 2 from South
Delhi Cantonment ranked 15; NDMC -16 and MCD at 398

Mysore
city in Karnataka has topped the Swachh Bharat Rankings of 476 cities in the
country with three more from the State figuring in the top 10. West Bengal does
well with 25 cities/towns from the State finding a place in the top 100 cities.
These rankings are based on the extent of open defecation and solid waste
management practices in these cities. The city of Mysore leads the cities with
minimal open defecation and extensive adoption of solid waste management
practices.

39
cities from the Southern states are among the top 100 followed by 27 from the
East, 15 from the West, 12 from the North and 7 from the North-Eastern States.

15
of the 27 capital cities surveyed figured among the top 100 performers while
five were ranked beyond 300. Bengaluru leads the list of capitals at 7th
rank while Patna came at the bottom at 429.

Among
the bottom 100 cities, 74 are from the North, 21 from the East, 3 from the West
and 2 from the South.

Damoh
(Madhya Pradesh) came at the bottom of 476, preceded by Bhind(MP), Palwal and
Bhiwani, both in Haryana, Chittaurgarh (Rajasthan), Bulandshahar (UP), Neemuch
(MP), Rewari(Haryana), Hindaun (Rajasthan) and Sambalpur in Odisha at 467th
rank.

All
the 476 Class-1 cities in 31 States and Union Territories, each with a
population of above one lakh were surveyed for assessing total sanitation
practices covering a set of parameters including the extent of open defecation,
solid waste management, septage management, waste water treatment, drinking
water quality, surface water quality of water bodies and mortality due to water
born diseases etc.

The
survey conducted during 2014-15 was commissioned by the Ministry of Urban
Development as required under the National Sanitation Policy of 2008.

Since
the Swachh Bharat Mission is being implemented in urban areas with focus on
construction of individual household, community and public toilets to eradicate
open defecation and ensure door-to-door collection and disposal of municipal
solid waste, all the 476 Class-1 cities have been ranked based on the data
pertaining to these elements from out of the date generated in the survey. This
helps in assessing the present situation in these cities so that they can
undertake necessary interventions to meet Swachh Bharat
Mission targets in urban areas.

Over
all sanitation rankings of these cities based on a total of 100 marks assigned
to different parameters covering all aspects would be announced later. The
Swachh Bharat rankings are based on a total of 42 marks including 20 for open
defecation indicators and 22 for solid waste management indicators.